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Burning: A slow-burn mystery

Chang Dong Lee’s Burning paints an intricate portrait of modern day South Korea. It raises questions about toxic masculinity, generational … More

2018, Amazon Prime, Burning, Chang Dong Lee, Drama, Film, Gangnam, Mystery, South Korea, Steven Yeun

Enemy: Jake Gyllenhaal and the giant spiders

In anticipation of Dune, I rewatched Denis Villenueve’s 2013 film, Enemy. Enemy is a confusing creature. It is well made … More

2013, Denis Villenueve, doppelganger, Dune, Enemy, Film, Jake Gyllenhaal, spiders, surrealism, Suspense

Review: ‘The Gift’

This directorial debut feature from Joel Edgerton, who also writes and stars in the film, proves to be a very … More

Film, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, Mystery, Rebecca Hall, Suspense, The Gift

Throwback Thursday: ‘His Girl Friday’

Cary Grant is in top form as the charmingly despicable Walter Burns, a newspaper man who will do anything for a … More

1940s, 2015, Cary Grant, Comedy, Film, Howard Hawks, Rosalind Russell, Slapstick

The Pretty Good ‘Jurassic World’

Jurassic World is a pretty solid film. It is perfectly fun summer escapism with amazing effects, nice performances, a decent … More

Blockbuster, Bryce Dallas Howard, CGI, Chris Pratt, Dinosaurs, Film, Jurassic World, Spielberg

Midnight Movie: ‘Army of Darkness’

Army of Darkness, the 1992 film from Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spiderman), sees its action hero Ash (Bruce Campbell) transported … More

Army of Darkness, Bruce Campbell, Comedy, Evil Dead, Film, Midnight Movie, Sam Raimi

The Deus in ‘Ex Machina’

“One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on … More

28 Days Later, Alex Garland, Alicia Vicander, Artificial Intelligence, Ava, Consciousness, Ex Machina, Film, Google, Oscar Isaac, Robots, Thriller

‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’

In Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Greg (Thomas Mann) is a high-school loner who invisibly floats the … More

cancer, Comedy, coming-of-age, Drama, Film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Nick Offerman, Olivia Cooke, Sundance, Thomas Mann

Throwback Thursday: ‘The Wicker Man’

In honor of Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula, The Man With the Golden Gun), the established English actor … More

1960s, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Ending, Film, The Wicker Man

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